I got an interesting insight into Austrian health care system. You will laugh, Anna, but I'm thinking in our standards ( Read more... )

I'm back, at least physically. I felt like having been out for ages when coming back to my flat. I really enjoyed the course this year. It was very different (like always), and I'd say of those eight years I've already been there this was one of the best years ( Read more... )

Had a look at their website:
Good thing: They have a lot of women.
Bad thing: Not even one name that doesn't look Czech to my eyes.

I need to study Czech - immediately. To understand at least the advertisement of a vacancy at Filharmonie Brno... They don't even have a translation at their website. I mean, there is an English version, but not of the whole text. And not of the vacancies. Maybe this has a meaning and it's useless to apply as a non-Czech? Anyway, I will apply - if ( Read more... )

Done, the school year is over. I haven't been longing for holidays so much for years ( Read more... )

Even my job has its good sides: Yesterday I was at the "Wortspiele" which is a little literature festival at Porgy&Bess, three days, every evening some rather young writers read of their books. Yesterday there was Monique Schwitter of the current Residenz-programme. I had already read the book before and liked it very much. There are some quite ( Read more... )

How much would I give for not having to go to St.Pölten anymore, for not doing stupid work, for not being a translater for less than the salary of the cleaning lady - and at the same time not having much time to do what I want to do. I'm nothing but a cheap hand, there is not even much to learn. Within a week I saw pretty much of how things run in ( Read more... )

Seen it, got the T-shirt ( Read more... )

On Friday I was in Zeillern at the prima la musica youth competition where one of my pupils participated. A little one, 10 years old. It was the first time I saw it from the teacher's view. The boy was very unhappy about his 3rd prize. I didn't know he had expected so much. His mother, a music teacher, had worked very much against high expectations ( Read more... )

My first day at work - now I'm mainly tired, but it wasn't bad at all. I'm tired because I have to work a lot from Monday to Wednesday to compensate to hours I miss when teaching on Thursdays and Fridays. And commuting is exhausting. I've never been working on a full time base, and I'm not used to sitting in front of a screen more or less all day ( Read more... )